The authorities executed in Texas on Wednesday to a subject who raped and strangled an elderly woman of 93 years during a robbery at a house in the Dallas area, more than a decade ago.
"I regret what I did," said William Murray two nephews of Rena Ratcliff, the victim, who looked through a window in the chamber executions. "I hope that in your heart you can forgive me. The Lord has forgiven me."
Then, looked sentenced by another window, behind which were witnesses, including his mother and two brothers, and said: "I will be waiting there at all, are you OK? God bless you."
Eight minutes later, at 18.20, a doctor certified the death of Murray, who became the ninth inmate executed this year in Texas. That number is the highest in the country.
Murray said that drug addiction drove him to commit at least a dozen robberies in homes, including the February 1998. The elderly woman, Rena Ratcliff, woke up when the thief was looking for something of value in your room.
The widow beat him with a cane or walker with his orthopedic surprising. The defendant had acknowledged that after receiving the blow, had "become insane".
The thief stole 10 dollars in cash that were in a glass bottle and a knife, and then changed his loot by drugs
